Welcome to the Health Information Exchange Weekly News Round Up from RosettaHealth. Each week, we will provide you with a summary of all the actionable news that hospitals, HIT vendors, ACOs, and population health providers need to be smart and effective when it comes to health information exchange.

CHIME Advises ONC to Help Lift National Patient Identifier Ban

CHIME has issued a letter in support of a national patient identifier (NPI) to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), on the need for accurate patient matching, patient identification, and data standards.

Should Healthcare Reassess Meaningful Use Baseline Criteria?

Following the introduction of the HITECH Act’s meaningful use program, EHR implementation was not directly associated with the increased hospital value-based purchasing (HVBP) measures of patient satisfaction, safety, and spending, according to a recent study.

How Kaiser Permanente Developed an EHR Registry Using Patient Data

EHR data collected during a patient visit can be leveraged to develop an EHR registry of patients with excessive alcohol use that can be optimized and updated in real-time, Kaiser Permanente researchers reported.

Why Teamwork Is Key to Addressing Social Determinants of Health

Healthcare organizations setting out on a social determinants of health program must rely on community partners to effectively meet patient needs.

More Data Key to Understand AI for Sorting Patient Portal Messages

Artificial intelligence is showing promise in helping providers sort through their patient portal inboxes, but some future fixes are still needed to make the technology truly effective, according to researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC).

Coast Guard Begins Deploying Pentagon’s New Electronic Health Records System

Two and a half years after opting to join the Defense Department’s electronic health records program, the U.S. Coast Guard deployed its first instance of the Military Health System GENESIS to four medical facilities.

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